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{{Short description|H-class submarine of the United States}}
{{other ships|USS Seawolf}}

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|Ship caption=USS ''H-1''
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|Ship country=United States
|Ship flag={{USN flag|1920}}
|Ship name=USS ''H-1''
|Ship ordered=
|Ship builder=[[Union Iron Works]], [[San Francisco]], [[California]]
|Ship laid down=22 March 1911, as ''Seawolf'' 
|Ship launched=6 May 1913
|Ship acquired=
|Ship commissioned=1 December 1913
|Ship decommissioned=
|Ship struck=12 April 1920
|Ship renamed=''H-1'', 17 November 1911
|Ship motto=
|Ship nickname=
|Ship honors=
|Ship fate=*Run aground, 12 March 1920
*Lost during salvage, 24 March 1920
|Ship notes=
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|Header caption=
|Ship type=[[United States H-class submarine|H-class]] [[submarine]]
|Ship displacement=*{{convert|358|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} surfaced
*{{convert|467|LT|t|0|abbr=on}} submerged
|Ship length={{convert|150|ft|4|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|15|ft|10|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship draft={{convert|12|ft|5|in|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship power=*{{convert|950|hp|kW|lk=in|abbr=on}} (diesel engines)
*{{convert|600|hp|kW|abbr=on}} (electric motors)
|Ship propulsion=*[[Diesel-electric]]; [[New London Ship and Engine Company|New London Ship & Engine Co.]] [[diesel engine]]s
*Electro Dynamic Co. [[electric motor]]s
*2 × shafts
|Ship speed=*{{convert|14|kn|mph km/h|lk=in|abbr=on}} surfaced
*{{convert|10.5|kn|mph km/h|abbr=on}} submerged
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|Ship test depth={{convert|200|ft|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship complement=25 officers and men
|Ship armament=4 × [[American 18 inch torpedo|18-inch (450 mm)]] [[torpedo tube]]s (8 × [[torpedo]]es)
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'''USS ''H-1'' (SS-28)''', the [[lead ship]] of [[United States H-class submarine|her class]] of [[submarine]] of the [[United States Navy]], was originally named ''Seawolf'', making her the first ship of the U.S. Navy to be named for the [[Seawolf (fish)|seawolf]].

''Seawolf'' was laid down by the [[Union Iron Works]] of [[San Francisco, California]]. She was renamed on 17 November 1911, [[ship naming and launching|launched]] on 6 May 1913 sponsored by Miss Lesley Jean Makins, and [[ship commissioning|commissioned]] at [[Mare Island Navy Yard]] on 1 December 1913.

==Service history==
The new submarine was attached to Torpedo [[Flotilla]] 2, [[United States Pacific Fleet|Pacific Fleet]], and operated along the West Coast out of [[San Pedro, California]]. During various exercises and patrols, she traveled the coast from [[Los Angeles, California]] to lower [[British Columbia]], often in company with her [[sister ship]]s {{USS|H-2|SS-29|2}} and sometimes {{USS|H-3|SS-30|2}}.

Sailing from San Pedro, California on 17 October 1917, she reached [[New London, Connecticut]] on 8 November. For the remainder of [[World War I]], she was based there and patrolled [[Long Island Sound]], frequently with officer students from the submarine school on board.

''H-1'' and ''H-2'' sailed for San Pedro, California on 6 January 1920, transiting the [[Panama Canal]] on 20 February. On 12 March, as ''H-1'' made her way up the coast of [[Mexico]]'s [[Baja California Peninsula]], she ran aground on a shoal off [[Magdalena Bay]].

Four men, including the commanding officer, died trying to reach shore. The diesel freighter {{MS|Mazatlan||2}} on her maiden voyage for the [[California & Mexico Steamship Company]] (also this line's inaugural voyage), tried to pull the submarine into deep water, and then carried 22 survivors to San Pedro where they arrived on March 18.<ref>{{cite news|work=Riverside Daily Press|date=18 March 1920|page=4|title=Steamer Mazatlan Arrives in Port|url=https://cdnc.ucr.edu/?a=d&d=RDP19200318.2.44&srpos=12&e=------192-en--20--1-byDA-txt-txIN-%22steamer+mazatlan%22-------}}</ref> {{USS|Vestal|AR-4|2}} pulled ''H-1'' off the rocks in the morning of 24 March, but in only 45&nbsp;minutes, the submarine sank in some {{convert|50|ft|abbr=on}} of water. Further salvage effort was abandoned. Her name was stricken<!--this is the correct usage, contrary to the template--> from the [[Naval Vessel Register]] on 12 April, and she was sold for scrap in June 1920, but never recovered.

In 2019, her wreck was identified south of [[Baja California]].<ref>{{citation|website=CNN en Espanol|date=September 5, 2019|access-date=September 5, 2019|language=es|title=Hallan submarino de la Primera Guerra Mundial en las costas de México|url=https://cnnespanol.cnn.com/video/mexico-submarino-hundido-primera-guerra-mundial-pkg-digital-original/|trans-title=First World War submarine found off the coast of Mexico}}</ref><ref>Hendren, pp. 235</ref>

[[File:H1 and H2 In Coos Bay.jpg|thumb|left|''H-1'' and ''H-2'' in [[Coos Bay]], Oregon.]]

==References==
* Hendren, Richard H., ''The History of the H-class Submarines and Archeology of the Submarine H-1 (Ex Seawolf) (1913-1920)'', December 2021, [https://pigboats.com/images/f/f4/HENDREN-DISSERTATION-2021-corrected.pdf]
{{DANFS|http://www.history.navy.mil/research/histories/ship-histories/danfs/h/h-1.html}}
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==External links==
* [https://pigboats.com/index.php?title=H-class PigBoats.COM H-class page]
* {{navsource|08/08028|USS H-1}}
* [http://www.oneternalpatrol.com/uss-h-1-28.htm On Eternal Patrol: USS ''H-1'']

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